The Riftbreaker game: Top-down view of a base with defenders defending against enemies.

An overhead shot from The Riftbreaker, showing a battle scene in an alien environment with glowing plants and an energy blast.

The Riftbreaker game screenshot, a mech battles alien creatures in a desert. Palm trees and rocky landscape surround them.

The Riftbreaker game shows a base being defended by turrets against enemies.

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The Riftbreaker is a base-building survival game that also includes some Action-RPG elements. Play as Captain Ashley S. Nowak, the Riftbreaker, an elite scientist/commando wearing a powerful Mecha-Suit. You took a one-way portal to the distant planet of Galatea 37, in the Sycorax belt of the Milky Way galaxy, to set up a base that will permit the travel between this planet and Earth, so the expansion of the colonization can keep progressing. "Mr. Riggs", as Ashley calls her Mecha-Suit, has everything you need to explore the planet, to withstand the harshest environmental conditions, and has a full range of equipment for base construction, resource extraction, gathering specimens, and also combat. The suit is capable of traveling through rifts that connect space across vast distances.

The game uses a base defense system mechanic, where you have to balance building up your defenses to resist large waves of enemies that keep growing, but also keep enough resources available to reach your end goal to build the portal. Don't neglect to create research stations to utilize new technology and build more objects or exploring the planet to find more resources. With your Mecha-Suit, you will often find large scale battles, similar to Diablo battles, making this game incredible interesting and fun to play.

Patch Notes

4/2/26 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix for Windows Update KB5086672, April 2nd, 2026.)
3/26/26 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, March 26th, 2026.)
3/6/26 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, March 6th, 2026.)
1/30/26 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Hotfix, January 30th, 2026.)
12/17/25 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, December 17th 2025)
12/16/25 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, December 16th, 2025)
12/15/25 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Update, December 15th, 2025)
10/22/25 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, October 22nd, 2025.)
10/21/25 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, October 21st, 2025.)
10/20/25 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Maintenance Update, October 20th, 2025.)
9/15/25 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, September 15th, 2025.)
9/11/25 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, September 11th, 2025.)
9/10/25 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, September 10th, 2025)
9/10/25 (The Riftbreaker Stability Update, September 10th, 2025.)
9/5/25 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Update, September 5th, 2025.)
8/24/25 (Co-Op Open Beta Update, August 24th, 2025)
8/21/25 (Co-Op Open Beta Update, August 21st, 2025)
8/19/25 (Co-Op Open Beta Update, August 19th, 2025)
8/14/25 (Co-Op Open Beta Update, August 14th, 2025)
7/31/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Beta Update, July 31st, 2025)
7/9/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Co-Op Beta Hotfix, July 9th, 2025)
7/9/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Beta Update, July 9th, 2025)
6/27/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Beta Update, June 27th, 2025)
6/18/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Co-Op Beta Hotfix, June 18th, 2025)
6/17/25 (The Riftbreaker Open Co-Op Beta Hotfix, June 17th, 2025)
6/12/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, June 12th, 2025)
6/5/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, June 5th,, 2025)
5/21/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, May 21st, 2025)
5/16/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, May 16th 2025)
5/8/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, May 8th 2025)
4/30/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, April 30th 2025)
4/28/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, April 28th 2025)
4/14/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update)
4/4/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, April 4th, 2025)
3/20/25 (The Riftbreaker Stability Update, March 20th, 2025)
3/19/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update)
3/4/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update)
3/3/25 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, March 3rd, 2025)
2/19/25 (The Riftbreaker Closed Co-Op Beta Update, February 19th, 2025)
1/29/25 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, January 29th, 2025)
1/17/25 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, January 17th, 2025)
1/16/25 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, January 16th, 2025)
12/10/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, December 10th, 2024)
11/21/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, November 21st, 2024)
11/6/24 (Co-Op Closed Beta Update, November 6th, 2024)
10/4/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, October 4th 2024)
9/27/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, September 27th 2024)
9/19/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, September 19th 2024)
9/18/24 (Closed Co-Op Beta Update, September 18th, 2024)
8/27/24 (Co-Op Closed Beta Update, August 27th, 2024.)
8/8/24 (Closed Beta Update, August 8th, 2024)
7/10/24 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, July 10th, 2024)
7/4/24 (The Riftbreaker World Expansion III Maintenance Update, July 4th, 2024)
7/3/24 (Experimental Update, July 3rd, 2024.)
7/2/24 (The Riftbreaker World Expansion III Maintenance Update, July 2nd, 2024)
6/26/24 (The Riftbreaker World Expansion III Patch, June 26th, 2024.)
6/21/24 (The Riftbreaker World Expansion III Hotfix, June 21st, 2024)
6/20/24 (Experimental Update, June 20th, 2024.)
6/7/24 (Experimental Update, June 7th, 2024.)
6/6/24 (Experimental Update, June 6th, 2024.)
5/29/24 (Experimental Update, May 29th, 2024.)
10/24/23 (Halloween Update, October 24th 2023)
8/30/23 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, August 30th)
8/18/23 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Patch, August 18th)
8/3/23 (Summer Update Experimental Build)
7/24/23 (The Riftbreaker Maintenance Update, 24th of July 2023)
6/27/23 (Hotfix, June 27th 2023)
6/23/23 (World Expansion II Update, June 22nd)
6/22/23 (World Expansion II Experimental Maintenance Update, June 22nd, 2023)
6/14/23 (World Expansion II Maintenance Update, June 14th)
6/13/23 (World Expansion II Experimental Maintenance Update, June 13th)
6/7/23 (World Expansion II Maintenance Update June 7th)
6/6/23 (World Expansion II Experimental Maintenance Update June 6th)
6/5/23 (World Expansion II Maintenance Update, June 5th)
6/2/23 (World Expansion II Experimental Update, June 2nd)
6/1/23 (World Expansion II Experimental Maintenance Update, June 1st)
5/31/23 (World Expansion II Maintenance Update, May 30th)
5/26/23 (Experimental Update, May 26th, 2023)
5/24/23 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Update, May 24th, 2023)
5/19/23 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Update, May 19th, 2023)
1/19/23 (Stability Update, January 19th, 2023)
1/9/23 (Stability Update, January 9th, 2023)
12/22/22 (Stability Hotfix, December 22nd)
12/21/22 (Experimental Hotfix, December 21st)
12/14/22 (Hotfix, December 14th, 2022)
12/9/22 (Experimental Update, December 9th, 2022)
12/5/22 (Hotfix, December 5th, 2022)
11/29/22 (Small Update, November 29th, 2022)
11/25/22 (The Riftbreaker Experimental Update)
#2 - 11/18/22 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix #2, November 18th, 2022)
11/18/22 (Hotfix, November 18th, 2022)
11/16/22 (Experimental Hotfix)
11/4/22 (Experimental Update, November 4th, 2022.)
10/13/22 (The Riftbreaker Hotfix, Oct 13th, 2022)
10/12/22 (Experimental Hotfix, Oct 12th)
10/6/22 (Hotfix - October 6th, 2022)
9/7/22 (Optimization and Maintenance update - Experimental 2)
#3 - 8/5/22 (Hotfix for crashes in Metal Terror Update #3)
#3 - 8/4/22 (Metal Terror Update #3)
#3 - 8/3/22 (Experimental Update - Metal Terror Patch #3)

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